patkarunungan
Antipolo City, Rizal, The Philippines
Review of 'As Long as We Both Live' also known as 'My Happy Marriage' / わたしの幸せな結婚
I first watched this in October of 2003. Later I watched the anime, then I read the first two light novel volumes covering the events of the anime and the movie, and then watched the OVA, which covers the final chapter of the second light novel. Finally, I rewatched this movie. I can tell you that it's a lovely story.
I wrote the following in my thread in X last year after watching both movie and anime:
'@akm_ag先生の「わたしの幸せな結婚」がとても好きです。
Both the movie and anime are one of the best things I've watched this year. It's basically patterned after Cinderella, but what I like about it is discovering midway that it's also an Ugly Duckling story. ....'
see https://x.com/patkarunungan/status/1741487343046119869 for more)
It is a very emotional story. It is touching how she later discovered her gift and became the beautiful swan that she is instead of the ugly duckling the people around her thought her to be.
I believe many people have already written on the merits of the movie itself. I will just list some of the differences between the mediums.
*If you first watch the movie, which was the case in Japan — the movie was released before the anime — you might get confused about what's really happening, but it's good enough as an intro.
On a rewatch, you will appreciate some of the details that you missed on your first watch, but you will inevitably get annoyed at some of the omitted material.
*Whilst the voice actors of the anime did well, the chemistry between this movie's couple is better. It's worth watching just for that alone.
*The ending of the movie is cinematic and in my opinion better than what actually happened in the anime. Both the anime (first season and OVA) and movie covered the events of the first two light novels. I reckon that the producers of this film made this as a stand-alone and that no sequel will be made, which is probably why they made such changes in the film.
*Since the movie had to delete certain scenes and did not elaborate, I recommend that anyone who loves this movie and wants some more start over at the beginning of the anime and/or the light novels.
I wrote the following in my thread in X last year after watching both movie and anime:
'@akm_ag先生の「わたしの幸せな結婚」がとても好きです。
Both the movie and anime are one of the best things I've watched this year. It's basically patterned after Cinderella, but what I like about it is discovering midway that it's also an Ugly Duckling story. ....'
see https://x.com/patkarunungan/status/1741487343046119869 for more)
It is a very emotional story. It is touching how she later discovered her gift and became the beautiful swan that she is instead of the ugly duckling the people around her thought her to be.
I believe many people have already written on the merits of the movie itself. I will just list some of the differences between the mediums.
*If you first watch the movie, which was the case in Japan — the movie was released before the anime — you might get confused about what's really happening, but it's good enough as an intro.
On a rewatch, you will appreciate some of the details that you missed on your first watch, but you will inevitably get annoyed at some of the omitted material.
*Whilst the voice actors of the anime did well, the chemistry between this movie's couple is better. It's worth watching just for that alone.
*The ending of the movie is cinematic and in my opinion better than what actually happened in the anime. Both the anime (first season and OVA) and movie covered the events of the first two light novels. I reckon that the producers of this film made this as a stand-alone and that no sequel will be made, which is probably why they made such changes in the film.
*Since the movie had to delete certain scenes and did not elaborate, I recommend that anyone who loves this movie and wants some more start over at the beginning of the anime and/or the light novels.
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